zꜣ-rꜥ

Egyptian

Etymology

From zꜣ (“son”) +‎ rꜥ (“Ra”) in a direct genitive construction, thus literally ‘Son of Ra’.

Pronunciation

Noun
 m
  1. Conventionally written before the cartouche containing a king’s nomen.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see zꜣ,‎ rꜥ.

Inflection

Declension of zꜣ-rꜥ (masculine)
singular zꜣ-rꜥ
dual zꜣwj-rꜥ
plural zꜣw-rꜥ

References

  • James P[eter] Allen (2010), Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 67–68.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.